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Back Cove, New Harbor Maine | Chrome Era Postcard by Hastings

Back Cove, New Harbor Maine | Chrome Era Postcard by Hastings

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AT A GLANCE

Title:
"Back Cove"
Publisher:
Eastern Illustrating
Type:
Continental Size Postcard (4" x 6")
Subject:
Sailboats, harbor
Style:
Documentary, commercial fishing
Circa:
1950s – 1970s.
Print type:
Photochrome print
Condition:
Excellent (EX)
Color:
Glossy
Postcard:
Chrome
Photographer:
Hastings
Location:
New Harbor, Maine
Postmark:
Unposted | Unused
Notes:
9422-9 Negative Number | C336 Publisher’s Series

Vintage Chrome Era postcard featuring captures a tranquil view of Back Cove in New Harbor, Maine, a small working harbor known for its sheltered water, weathered docks, and classic Down East character. Photographed by Hastings for Eastern Illustrating & Publishing (EIP), the image reflects the publisher’s mid‑century transition from real‑photo cards to richly colored photochrome prints marketed as “Photo Art Prints for Framing or Mailing.”

A classic mid-century souvenir postcard, ideal for collectors of Maine history and regional travel ephemera. Well-preserved, unposted and arrives in a protective sleeve.

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Postcard Eras & Collecting Guide

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    Early printed lithographs and Real Photo Postcards (RPPC) offer rich historical detail, documenting towns, events, family portraits, and everyday life. Disaster postcards depicting floods, fires, train wrecks, and other catastrophic events, were a popular way to share news as photographs could quickly be turned into postcards. Many RPPCs are scarce and unique due to their small‑batch production.

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  • Pre-Linen Litho & Linen Postcards (c. 1907–1950)

    Pre‑Linen Litho cards (c. 1907–1929) were printed using smooth chromolithography and tinted halftone methods, producing soft, painterly views before the textured linen era. Linen postcards (c. 1930s–1950s) introduced high–rag‑content paper with a woven surface and bold saturated colors that reflected the optimism postwar travel culture. Together, these eras showcase the shift from early color printing.

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  • Chrome Postcards (c.1939–)

    Chrome postcards, introduced in 1939, feature glossy surfaces, vivid color, and photographic imagery made possible by modern color film processes. The term “chrome” derives from Kodachrome, Eastman Kodak’s groundbreaking color film. Mid‑century examples depicting motels, highways, city skylines, national parks, and tourist destinations are collected for their documentation of postwar American travel and roadside culture.

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